Democracy in Action: Guns N'Roses

THURSDAY IS a low-key night at The Cat on Sunset. Proprietor, Slim Jim Phantom, ex-Stray Cats drummer and current self-styled Prince Of The Strip, has fun "slaughtering the FM classics" with his bar band The Starfuckers, featuring ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke. But Thursday June 22 last year turned out to be something special: the night W. Axl Rose sang in public for the first time since the Use Your Illusion tour ended in 1993.